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BQOK REST APPLICAT'ION FILED OCT- 5.1914.

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W. H. HASLAM.

BOOK REST. APPLICATION FILED QCT- 5.1914- Patented Apr. 23,1918.

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BOOK REST.

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WILLIAM HENRY HASLAM, 0F BOLTON, ENGLAND.

BOOK-REST.

Application filed October 5, 1914. Serial No. 865,007.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM HENRY Has- LAM, a subject of the King ofGreat Britain, and resident of 75 Bradford street, Bolton, in the county of Lancaster, England, have invented a certain new and useful Improve ment in Book-Rests, of which the following description, having reference to the accompanying sheets of drawings, is a specification.

My invention relates to book rests of the type which may rest upon a table, desk. or the like, or upon the knees of the user, while the part upon which the book is held may be removed from the base piece or support and held in the hand of the user. My pres ent improvement consists in a new form of base piece or support and attachments thereto, in a new socket arrangement for the handle or holder, and means for adjusting the book holder proper upon the said handle.

In the accompanying sheets of drawings, which are illustrative. of my said invention:

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating my improvement in book rests.

Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation thereof.

Fig. 3 is a plan of the book holder proper showing the means for adjusting same upon the handle or support hereinafter described.

Fig. at is a plan of the base piece and its attachments.

Fig. 5 is a rear elevation thereof.

Fig. 6 is a perspective drawing of one of the attachments for the base piece.

Similar letters and figures of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

a is the book holder proper which is provided with a lodge 64 upon which said book rests. Leaf holders 6 are employed which have their shanks Z) screwed so that they may be moved farther into or out of the ledge a and body of the holder a, so as to accommodate books of dilferent thicknesses. Guards 6 are made use of in connection with the shanks 6 such guards forming part of the strengthening plate or rib a extending across the holder a. A similar plate or strengthening piece a is employed at the upper end of the holder a.

The part a of the holder a is bent at the middle as indicated at a to form a longitudinal back portion a, being provided with strips a which cooperate with the back a to provide a guide in which slides the han- Specification of Letters Patent.

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dle part or supports. This support 0 is provided with openings 0 into which takes the peg (Z moved by the finger piece (Z which slides through the ledge a thus the peg (Z may at any time be withdrawn from any of the openings 0 and the holder a raised or lowered upon the support 0 and held in any desired position by the peg (Z being again passed within one or other of said openings 0 The support 0 takes within the socket which preferably has its side parts split to form a kind of spring so that said support may fit somewhat tightly and snugly therein and still may be at any time easily dislodged therefrom. The socket f is hinged at f in the projecting parts or ridges f mounted on the base piece g. The ridges or projections f' 'are provided with slots 7" within which take the projecting parts or plates k of a sliding block it said plates 7L being so arranged in thickness relatively to the grooves that the upper edge if and lower edge if make contact respectively with the upper and lower surfaces of the parts surrounding the grooves 7, thus by slightly moving the block it it may he slid backward and forward in the groove f while when in the position indicated by 2 it is firmly held and cannot readily be dislodged without slightly tilting it as above described. Pads 71 are mounted on the block 71 to intervene between same and the support 0 (or the book holder proper a) as shown In order to allow the book rest to be employed so as to rest on the knees of the user, I arrange a laterally extending plate or projection is which is provided with a shorter parallel piece 70 these being joined together by the intermediate part 70 while they may be clamped upon tl e base piece 9 as shown by Fig. at, thus the extending part is may rest upon the users knee, although the book rest is for all ordinary purposes complete in itself without the addition of this cross piece is.

I also employ hollow parts an of the same shape as the extending part 70 and these may fit upon and he slid over said plate It in order that the base or support may be made wider or narrower as desired.

From the foregong description it will be seen that the book rest may be employed as shown by Fig. 2, so as to restupon a table or other form of support or upon the knees invention, What I claim is of the user, the requisite adjustment of the height'of the book holder proper a and the angle of the support a relatively to the base 9 being efl'ected in the manner above described, or if desired, the handle part or support 0 may be Withdrawn from the socket f and held in the hand of the user. a

The book rest proper a with its side parts 1. A book rest comprising a base piece, a socket member hinged to said base piece, a supportlng bar havlng one'end 1n engage- 'ment With said socket, a book holder adjustably mounted upon said bar, and a block having laterally disposed members slidably engaging said base and having angular play relative thereto, said block controlling the angle of said supporting bar With respect to the base.

V 2. A book rest comprising a base piece having laterally extended arms at one end,

a socket member hinged to said base piece at the .other end, said base having longitudinal guides, a supporting bar having one end in engagement with said socket, a holder adjustably mounted upon said bar, and a block provided With projecting portions slidably engaging said guides and having Gopies of this patent may be obtained for angular play relative thereto, said. block controlling the angle of said supporting bar With respect to the base.

3. A book rest comprising a base piece having laterally extended arms at one end, a socket member hinged at the other end of said base piece, a supporting bar having one end in engagement with said socket, a book holder adjustably mounted upon said bar, a block having laterally disposed members slidably engaging said base and controlling the angle of said supporting bar with respect to the base, and extension pieces removably attached to said laterally extended arms.

4. A book rest comprising a base having spaced parallel longitudinal extending ridges, the ridges having longitudinally extending guide grooves in. their inner side, a socket hinged between the ridges adjacent one end of the base, a supporting bar mounted in the socket, a book holder adjustably mounted on the supporting bar, and a holder engaging block having side extensions slidably mounted in the grooves of the ridges and controlling the angle of the holder relative to the base.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence ol tWo subscribing Witnesses.

WILLIAM HENRY HASLAM.

Witnesses:

JOHN WI-IITEI-mAn, MALCOLM Sarn'rnnns'r.

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